Month: January 2019

  • NSSN 423: Support the Ireland Nurses and Midwives strike!

    NSSN 423: Support the Ireland Nurses and Midwives strike!

      Nearly 40,000 health workers in Ireland are due to start strike action tomorrow against wage restraint. The National Shop Stewards Network gives our full support and solidarity to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) and its members. “Ireland’s nurses and midwives will go on strike for 24 hours on January 30th, it was announced.…

  • 422: Glasgow women workers step closer to equal pay victory!

    Last October, thousands of Glasgow council workers sent on a 48-hour strike to demand equal pay. We are delighted to report that a potentially decisive step has been reached in talks with the employer:- GLASGOW EQUAL PAY UPDATE from Unison Glasgow City Branch:- Earlier this week the claimants’ campaign gave Glasgow City Council a revised…

  • NSSN 421: Support the striking Durham bus drivers!

    NSSN 421: Support the striking Durham bus drivers!

    From Unite website:- Unite in talks on Durham bus pay dispute, as new strike dates announced (11 Jan) – Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, is to hold talks with Arriva Durham County Ltd on Thursday (17 January) in a bid to resolve the long-running pay dispute. But at the same time, the union announced…

  • NSSN 420: March this Saturday for a General Election to get the Tories out!

    NSSN 420: March this Saturday for a General Election to get the Tories out!

    The NSSN is supporting this Saturday’s ‘Britain is Broken – General Election Now’. It is vital that the trade union movement mobilises to force out the Tories and fight for a government led by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell on the pro-worker anti-austerity Labour manifesto from the 2017 General Election. This is the best way…

  • NSSN 419: Happy New Year – get the Tories out in 2019!

    NSSN 419: Happy New Year – get the Tories out in 2019!

    The NSSN sends solidarity greetings to our supporters and affiliates as we enter 2019. Let’s make this the year that we get rid of this Tory Government. Saturday 12th January – Britain is Broken – General Election Now! Demonstration in London hosted by The People’s Assembly against Austerity Facebook event   NSSN news Get your…